About the Film
Project Rebirth's film, REBIRTH, is a full-length documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2011. It is the result of a decade-long process by director Jim Whitaker and is a riveting journey into living history. It is also an act of personal witness to one of the most profound events in American history and the healing that has come its wake.
From early 2002 through 2009, the REBIRTH film crew chronicled the lives of five people directly affected by 9/11. The participants include a survivor from an impact floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC); a firefighter who survived the collapse of the WTC but lost his best friend; a high school student who lost his mother; a young woman who lost her fiancé; and a construction worker who lost his brother, assisted with recovery efforts, and is presently helping to build the Freedom Tower. Their narratives are the thread of recovery and resiliency from grief, loss and trauma that comprise the unique message of the film.
REBIRTH also simultaneously tracks - via unprecedented multi-camera time-lapse photography - the evolution of the former WTC and the entire rebuilding of the site. Though the film captures the minute-by-minute demolition and redevelopment of the WTC site until 2009, Project Rebirth will continue the time-lapse element of the project until the site is completed in its entirety. Please visit our Time-Lapse Project + Film Archive tab and page to learn more about this important element of our project. Philip Glass composed REBIRTH original score.
To learn more about REBIRTH, Project Rebirth, and organizing a community screening, please contact our Director of Outreach, Paige Panzner-Kozek by phone at 212.346.1482 or by email at paige@projectrebirth.org.
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Latest postings about The Film
IMPACT: Project Rebirth's Dr. Donna Gaffney
December 20, 2011 - The third audio program of our IMPACT series features Project Rebirth's Research and Education Advisor, Dr. Donna Gaffney. Please click... More
IMPACT: Project Rebirth's Time-Lapse Cameras
November 21, 2011 - In our second YouTube IMPACT update about Project Rebirth, Executive Director Caitlin Olson talks about this unique element of our... More
IMPACT: Project Rebirth + Ride 2 Recovery
November 11, 2011 - Executive Director Caitlin Olson speaks about her recent participation in the Ride 2 Recovery Challenge in Florida, where REBIRTH was... More
Tanya Villenueva Tepper Interviewed at WLRN
October 24, 2011 - Tanya Villenueva Tepper interviewed by Alicia Zuckerman WLRN Public Radio, South Florida, September 2011... More
Talk of Town Interview (Waterbury)
October 24, 2011 - Jim Whitaker Interview on Rebirth from WACR 1320 Waterbury. Part I: Part II: 1320WACR Interview (mp3)... More